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Salvador Allende in Chile wasn't a violent psychopath, but also produced suboptimal results during his short period. Then came a real psycho, but that's anothe
by sebastiansm 4y ago
Salvador Allende in Chile wasn't a violent psychopath, but also produced suboptimal results during his short period.
Then came a real psycho, but that's another sad story.
- conradfr 4y agoWas it Salvador Allende or the CIA and the IMF?
- jandrese 4y agoOne of the biggest weaknesses in highly centralized authoritarian regimes is that it creates enormous incentives for the largest assholes to lie, cheat, steal, and kill to get into power, because one they're in power they will be free of any consequences. This also means they have to be exceptionally regressive towards the population because they know the next huge asshole will be itching to do the same to them. With decentralized power you can have checks and balances to punish people like that.